Copywriting & editing portfolio

Website copy that answers a buyer’s questions. Concert copy that makes you want to listen. Editorial work that gets the detail right.

I’m Adam Weitzer, a Melbourne copywriter and editor. Here you’ll find work for businesses and arts organisations, from SEO content to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra concert programs.

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SEO and Web Copy

Product-category copy and a B2B article, written through my agency work with StudioHawk. These samples show how I handle a supplied SEO brief: useful product detail, questions a buyer would ask, and a clear route to the next step.

The PDFs include the copy, metadata and delivery notes, so you can see what a handover looks like.

Ecommerce · four collection pages

GoBike

A customer looking for a replacement part needs to know whether it fits. I wrote copy for battery, tyre, motor and spare-parts categories, bringing model compatibility and product information into the page.

My contribution: collection-page copy, customer FAQs, metadata and internal links. The sample shows how I organise technical detail around a purchasing decision.

Read the GoBike copy (PDF)

B2B · SEO article

Inke Packaging

For a bakery owner, packaging has to protect the product, suit the brand and work at the right order volume. This article connects those concerns with box types, materials and supplier considerations.

My contribution: copywriting and editing for tone, clarity and flow, plus metadata and internal-link recommendations leading towards products, samples and a quote.

Read the Inke article (PDF)

Social Media Copy

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra · social captions

The Sleeping Beauty post draws on Tchaikovsky’s correspondence to introduce the music. The Mozart post opens with the unfinished Requiem’s mystery, then moves to the performers and streaming link.

Both show how I adapt researched material for a short promotional format. See my copywriting and editing services for support across web, editorial and campaign content.

MSO.LIVE Instagram caption introducing Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite, written by Adam Weitzer
The Sleeping Beauty Suite
Social caption for MSO.LIVE. Read the full-size sample.
MSO.LIVE Instagram caption promoting a stream of Mozart’s Requiem, written by Adam Weitzer
Mozart’s Requiem
Social caption for MSO.LIVE. Read the full-size sample.

Concert & streaming copy

At the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, I wrote audience copy for concerts and streaming releases. The challenge was to give someone a reason to listen, whether they knew the work well or were encountering it for the first time.

In the Mahler 5 example, the opening follows the sound of the music. The Britten’s War Requiem concert copy takes a different approach, drawing on the work’s history and emotional weight.

Commissioning a concert program, artist biography or season launch? Explore my arts copywriting and publication editing services.

Concert & streaming copy

Jaime Martín conducts Mahler 5

A lone trumpet emerges out of silence. This introduction follows the sound of the music before placing the performance in context.

Concert & streaming copy

Britten's War Requiem

Concert and streaming copy introducing the work’s history, musical forces and a performance recorded at Hamer Hall.

Program Notes

A listener should be able to read a program note in the few minutes before a performance and hear something new because of it. My notes connect musical detail with the people, history and ideas behind the work.

Examples include Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, Weinberg’s Trumpet Concerto and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. This is where my training in music and historical research becomes writing for a public audience.

Concert programs & publication editing

Concert programs bring several kinds of writing into one publication: artist biographies, repertoire details, program notes and practical information. I worked on 32 concert programs at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, with writing, editing and proofreading responsibilities.

The publications below show that work in context. My contribution was editorial; design, photography and other contributors’ writing remain their own.

Research & essays

My published research and essays show the work behind the prose: reading sources closely, weighing an argument and finding a clear structure. You can read more about my music and humanities background, or browse the pieces below.

Research & essays

Award-Winning Research

Honours research recognised as the Global Winner for Music, Film & Theatre at the Global Undergraduate Awards.

Have something in mind?

If you need a website written, an article developed or a publication brought into shape, send me a short brief. Let me know who it’s for, what you need and when you need it.

I work with agencies, businesses and cultural organisations on individual projects and ongoing writing and editing.

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Want to know more about the person behind the work? Read about my writing and editorial background.